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Windows 7: Safeway-size asteroid to get closer to Earth than satellites

C'mon Steve... at least your street address - who could possibly figure anything out from that alone?

You have me at a disadvantage Sb; you know my name, that I live in the Central Pa. area, even near Hbg. , but you don't even have an "about me" page in your profile, and you want me to post my street address??

Quote: Originally Posted by Slartybart

Sorry, my reference was east of H'burg, not east of Happy Valley.

Anyway - yes, our locales are fairly close, but Google says 1.5 hours. They probably don't drive as fast as I do on the back roads (or even hiways)

My error, then perhaps in the Downingtown area?

Quote: Originally Posted by Britton30

I did the locater thing for my location, N of Indy, but can't make sense of it.

See my answer to C, and Sb below.

Quote: Originally Posted by COMPUTIAC

I think I will be able to see it ?, if my new binoculars arrive in time.
Got Carson 12x50's.

I did the locater thing for my location, N of Indy, but can't make sense of it.

Oh what the hell, I don't know what it means either Just look up

Actually your spot on Sb, but then, in the early afternoon where are the Stars, what are your reference points?
If the casual observer is not accustom to an Equatorial coordinate system it puts him or her at a disadvantage.

Quote: Originally Posted by Britton30

I suspect it will be too din to see anyway, as they say. I'll have to borrow Steve's 105" telescope.

I have an about me page... don't I?
I thought I did, better check...phew, yeah it's there. No much there, like my hair.

I was being sarcastic when I posted "not even your street address". Hopefully, the emoticon gave that away.

Well, Heaven Above was spot on - I simply looked at the table below the map and knowing a little bit, I figured any negative number was out of sight (below the horizon).

The NASA page you gave was cool too, except I became a little concerned by all of the repeated assurances that 2012 DA14 couldn't possibly collide with Earth. It's not that I think it will, it's just when someone overly tries to reassure me that I get suspicious.

The NASA site mentioned that the speed of the object will make it difficult to see and track. If you have a camera hooked up to your scope, and get some decent shots, please post 'em

I suspect it will be too din to see anyway, as they say. I'll have to borrow Steve's 105" telescope.

My money's on you, Gary. Which Steve are you referring to, essenbe?

No, it was you Anak, I was being facetious and referring to the pic of the 25" you posted a pic of. A local school here has a Meade LX-200 16-inch Schmidt Cassegrain telescope but haven't heard any plans to try to see the space rock.

Your welcome Bill, we should start a new game, "Can you guess where I live?"

Bill, are we talking apples and oranges?

We have a Profile Page, not only are you missing the "About Me Tab", but a couple of others to. My apologies for not being clearer.

I knew you were being sarcastic, but I would of thought this would have been better, I take as joking or tongue-in-cheek. No harm, no foul.

You are correct on the negative numbers.

I'm 100% sure that it won't hit Earth, unless....Even Donald Yeomans of JPL admits there is a slight possibility this, unless it happens to collide with one of the 404 Geo-synchronous satellites; List here, even then I would think that the heavier mass of the asteroid would win out and still miss Earth, but the scattered remains of that satellite would make for a glorious re-entry fireworks show, if you were in the right location.
That's a big part of astronomy; location, location, location.

Depending on your line-of-sight to the horizion try to stay with Alt's. higher than 20°, see red box.

Hale-Bopp, what can I say...I watched that for two months in the Northwest for hours. It is still visible in the largest telescopes after 16years. If I can find it there is a pic of it, and I'll post it.

Well, time to go out and see if I can spot the ISS, it's coming over my area from 18:51 to 18:56 (6:51- 6:56pm EST).

We humans are funny creatures...
"oh looky a shiny object in the dirt, I'll dig it up and put in an underground vault"
"oh looky a shiny obect in the sky, wish I could put THAT in my vault"

end sarcasm alert

re: Profile/about me: it only works that way if you set the option to Friends and Contacts.

Foggy and cloud cover hee, can't see ISS.

Hale-Bopp was one of the coolest thing I've seen in my life - almost every night for two months out in the front yard looking up in utter amazement. More recently (a year ago already!) was the mars, venus, jupiter, saturn alignment. Two things about that stood out, 1) observing it put the plane of the solar system into real perspective, 2) seeing the cresent of an inner planet (venus) 3) watching venus and jupiter move "apart" until venus dropped below the horizon (ok I said two, but it was really cool)
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Feb. 13, 2013: NASA Television will provide commentary starting at 2 p.m. EST (11 a.m. PST) on Friday, Feb. 15, during the close, but safe, flyby of a small near-Earth asteroid named "2012 DA14." NASA places a high priority on tracking asteroids and protecting our home planet from them. This flyby will provide a unique opportunity for researchers to study a near-Earth object up close.

Also, a Ustream feed of the flyby from a telescope at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., will be streamed for three hours starting at 9 p.m. EST (8 p.m. CST). To view the feed and ask researchers questions about the flyby via Twitter, visit NASA MSFC on USTREAM: . Science